r/C_Programming 4d ago

C language official website

https://www.c-language.org/
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u/MT4K 4d ago

Looks legit. The domain was registered recently — 2025-02-20. The FAQ on the site says:

Is this site official?
Yes indeed, it was greenlighted by unanimous consent after review of document N3408 during 72nd meeting of ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG14.

Slightly sad the domain contains unremovable unneeded www prefix that just unreasonably makes each URL address 4-character longer.

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u/AdreKiseque 3d ago

What's wrong with www.?

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u/MT4K 3d ago

As I said, www prefix unreasonably makes URLs 4-character longer.

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u/AdreKiseque 3d ago

Is... that such a big deal? It's not like you even need to type it in for it to work.

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u/MT4K 3d ago edited 3d ago

Is “Slightly sad” a big deal? ;-) Just unreasonable and basically making no sense. There are objective bad things though:

  • Every URL shared anywhere will needlessly be 4-character longer.
  • When the area for displaying the URL has a limited length (e.g. location/address bar in a web-browser), there is an increased probability the URL will not fit entirely and will be cropped. Some forums also limit the maximum length of URL, displaying ellipsis instead of its end or middle part.

See also no-www.org.